Chapter 41 The kiss was passionate and irresistible.
Unlike student dormitories, which prohibit outsiders, the faculty apartments are not entirely uninvited. Although they are designated as apartments for young faculty members, the young teachers who have entered the university are not exactly young. There are quite a few married people here, and occasionally family members will appear. I have even seen children playing here.
But Meng Yanxi's straightforward "boyfriend" still made Jin Zhao's ears turn red.
All the anxieties and uncertainties he had felt along the way seemed to vanish with that single word of conviction.
Although she expressed her feelings in a very subtle way, he accepted them very readily.
Using the spare key she borrowed from the building manager to open the door, she subtly curved her lips into a smile as she looked down, perhaps taking advantage of the darkness.
The teachers' dormitory is a single room with a small entryway, a private bathroom, and a balcony. The balcony door was open, and when it was opened, a refreshing mountain breeze flowed in.
"The air here is great, but it's a bit small."
Jin Zhao didn't know what she was explaining; it sounded like she was inviting her boyfriend in. But Meng Yanxi had already followed her in naturally before she could even speak. He was tall and had long legs, and standing in the small dormitory, he seemed to have no room to move around, which made Jin Zhao feel a little awkward.
Meng Yanxi's gaze swept around the small house. The room was tiny, containing only a bed, a wardrobe, and a desk, but Jin Zhao had arranged it neatly. The sheets and duvet covers were warm, light colors, and the air carried her scent—sweet and pleasant, like the fragrance of gardenias in early spring. She had also added a small sofa and coffee table, on which a box of pens and a few books were casually placed.
"Please sit down."
Perhaps lacking experience in this area, she didn't know what to do after confirming the relationship, and inexplicably acted even more politely than before.
Meng Yanxi wasn't as polite as her. Standing under the lamp, she looked at her thoughtfully and suddenly asked, "You seem so guilty. Did you lose something?"
Jin Zhao: "..."
She didn't know how he could tell she was guilty, but since he already knew, why did he say anything? Isn't it said that you shouldn't say anything even if you see through something?
"Where did you lose it?" he asked knowingly, "In the club or in the taxi?"
He had already guessed this, so Jin Zhao had no choice but to tell the truth: "In the taxi. But apart from the key, there was nothing important. The key is also the key to the dormitory and the office, and I can make a copy later."
Meng Yanxi: "Where's your phone?"
Jin Zhao: "The phone is still here."
Meng Yanxi looked at her with distrust, then suddenly took out her phone from her pocket and unlocked the screen with her long fingers.
Soon, the WeChat call invitation ringtone came from Jin Zhao's coat pocket.
Jin Zhao knew it was him who hit him, but he didn't move. He looked up at him blankly and asked, "Where is the trust between people?"
This person is really shameless. He wasn't embarrassed at all when faced with probing questions. He simply raised his phone and nodded calmly, "Yes, I have it now."
Jin Zhao: "..."
They couldn't argue with him, and they suspected him of abusing his power.
Although he showed extreme distrust towards her, she just couldn't get angry in front of such a handsome and beautiful face.
But then she suddenly noticed the nickname he had given her on her phone screen.
——Zhao Zhao Mu Mu.
What did you call me?
Meng Yanxi was startled and immediately hung up the call. The phone in Jin Zhao's pocket stopped ringing abruptly.
Meng Yanxi turned off the screen and asked calmly, "Really? Aren't you called Zhao Zhao Mu Mu?"
Jin Zhao instinctively reached for the evidence, tiptoeing. Someone was faster, lifting it slightly. With a 20-centimeter height difference between them, he lifted it so gently that she missed.
Jin Zhao bit her lip, but he seemed somewhat pleased, his peach blossom eyes gazing at her with a smile, his tone not very serious: "So you're already checking my phone?"
Jin Zhao admitted that his face felt a little hot, unsure whether it was because of his smile or because of that deliberately inverted flirtatious remark.
To avoid getting confused, she explained objectively: "My 'dusk' is the 'dusk' of morning and evening, the 'dusk' of morning bells and evening drums."
"Isn't that me?"
"That's the 'wood' in 'wood'," Jin Zhao reminded him, his tone laced with resentment.
"Oh." He smiled even more broadly, paused for a moment, and then slowly asked, "Isn't this quite fitting?"
Jin Zhao: "..."
Whatever, just treat her like a block of wood.
"I'm going to wash my hands."
Jin Zhao habitually washes her hands when she comes back from outside. She squeezes hand soap into the bathroom and rinses it off under the tap. She's always been very emotionally resilient, and when she came out, she had already generously forgiven him.
Meng Yanxi was on the balcony making a phone call. Through the balcony door, Jin Zhao vaguely heard him say, "Go now."
She thought he was leaving now, and suddenly felt very reluctant to let him go.
Although she was indeed a bit dull, and we didn't know what to do together.
When Meng Yanxi came in after finishing his call, he met her reluctant gaze. He was taken aback, then realized what she meant and immediately explained, very boyfriend-like, "I'll have someone check the security footage to help you find your bag."
Jin Zhao's heart relaxed for a moment. She looked up at the time on the wall and saw that it was already 10 p.m. She didn't know what she was feeling sweet about.
They just confirmed their relationship, how could he possibly stay here?
Thinking that it was so late and she had made him look for her bag and clean up her mess, she felt very sorry and quickly said, "Really, it's not necessary. I was planning to go dancing today. I only had a canvas bag with my dance clothes and shoes inside. The only important thing was my key, but it was a school key, and I could have it duplicated."
Meng Yanxi is a man who can see the big picture from small details. She only mentioned dancing, and he immediately connected everything together.
Why didn't she contact him for so long, even though he kept his phone until it was practically worn smooth, she didn't get a single word from him? But tonight, she suddenly appeared on Luo Heng's birthday, eager to find him and take this step towards him.
He looked at her, his eyes were dark.
“I’m still important, aren’t I?” he suddenly asked.
Jin Zhao stared at him blankly. She didn't know that Meng Yanxi had already connected the cause and effect, nor did she know why he suddenly said such a thing.
Meng Yanxi was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "You didn't want to tell me you lost something because you were afraid I'd think you were absent-minded. But it's fine that you asked your boss or colleague to make a copy of the key. I know, you care about me, and in your heart, I'm different from others."
Meng Yanxi rarely shows narcissism.
Admittedly, he is indeed proud, but his pride is the kind that is innate, ingrained in his bones, and taken for granted. For example, when he was young, he could very naturally say at parent-teacher conferences that it was his personal awards ceremony, which was both irritating and speechless.
But he had almost never acted so deliberately as he did now. Although he was just as annoying, when Jin Zhao looked into his eyes and thought of the boy who had told her on the phone that he would help her no matter what, she didn't want to argue.
Once, when she thought they would never cross paths again, she blessed him with all her heart and goodwill. Now, they have a relationship she never dared to imagine before, and she is willing to like and love him with all her heart.
With all her heart, with everything she had.
Even if there is no outcome, even if it is like a moth drawn to a flame, at least she fulfilled her own desires and also repaid for the budding and innocent feelings they had for each other in their youth.
"Yes, you're different from others." Jin Zhao nodded gently.
Meng Yanxi didn't speak again, his gaze lowered, his dark peach blossom eyes fixed on her, first on her eyes, then his gaze moved down and settled on her lips.
Her lips were light in color, yet very pink, like the first apricot blossom blooming on a branch in spring.
Jin Zhao felt his gaze, his eyelashes fluttered, and his heart felt like fireworks were being ignited, surging upwards.
The incandescent bulbs overhead were bright and stark, and sparks exploded silently in the air before falling back down.
The man leaned down, his tall figure gradually looming over him.
Jin Zhao tilted her head back and moved closer to him, their minds tacitly in sync.
The instant Meng Yanxi closed her eyes, Jin Zhao's pupils suddenly dilated.
Suddenly, a black spider the size of a palm descended from the ceiling, landing behind Meng Yanxi.
The moment Meng Yanxi's lips touched hers, she turned her head away.
His lips brushed against the corner of her mouth. Whether they touched or not, he himself wasn't sure.
She wasn't the only one who was nervous.
The clearest feeling was that the moment she gripped his hand tightly, it conveyed a soft yet powerful sense of protection. The next second, she pulled him behind her.
"Don't be afraid."
Jin Zhao left him this message when he squatted down to catch the spider.
Meng Yanxi: "..."
Later, he stood behind her with a headache, watching her fold an A4 sheet of paper into the shape of a small shovel to chase the spider.
He didn't know why a spider had ruined the perfect atmosphere, causing it to take such a sharp turn for the worse. What should have been a lovely embrace and kiss had turned into his girlfriend putting on a spider-catching show for him.
Admittedly, he was somewhat moved by her selfless protection, but not much.
After all, he'd rather do something else with his girlfriend than have her chase away spiders for him.
It was indeed a huge spider, probably as big as her hand. She tried to shoo it away with an A4 sheet of paper, but the spider was so big and agile that it only scurried further in, climbing along the wall and almost reaching her bed.
Meng Yanxi pinched the bridge of her nose: "I'll do it."
Meng Yanxi caught the spider with her bare hands and threw it off the balcony.
This is the first floor, and outside is the mountain. He showed great compassion by releasing the animal today, hoping it won't come back to ruin his plans next time.
He closed the balcony door behind him and asked with a hint of reproach, "Do you have any other bugs to catch?"
But some people didn't understand at all, and looked up at him with eyes full of admiration.
The bright white light overhead refracted into her eyes, creating a dazzling, star-like glow.
His girlfriend is so cute, he really can't stay angry.
Meng Yanxi resignedly went into the bathroom to wash her hands, while someone outside excitedly asked, "Aren't you terrified of spiders? How dare you reach out and catch them?"
He came out, wiping his hands with a tissue, his movements slow and arrogant: "I'm not as useless as Lu Jingyue, afraid of something for a lifetime."
Jin Zhao: "?"
Meng Yanxi: "I used to be afraid of a lot of things, like the dark, ghosts, and insects, but gradually I stopped being afraid of anything."
Hearing this, Jin Zhao was even more impressed, and asked with shining eyes, "How did you do that?"
She wanted to learn too.
Meng Yanxi threw the tissue she had used to wipe her hands into the trash can, looked down at her thoughtfully, and suddenly said, "My sister is scared too, and my future wife might be scared too. There has to be someone in our family who isn't scared, right?"
I wonder if the teacher next door was also killing bugs, because suddenly a heavy "thump" came from across the wall.
His gaze was direct and frank, and meeting it made her suddenly shy. Jin Zhao quickly looked away and stammered, "I'm actually fine, not that scared."
Above him, the man suddenly chuckled softly and said, "So self-aware."
Realizing he had identified with the person in question, Jin Zhao suddenly became even more embarrassed.
Fortunately, his phone rang at that moment, and when he looked down at it, it greatly eased her embarrassment.
She quickly looked down at her phone to hide her embarrassment.
On the lock screen was the video call he had just made fun of her, so she naturally opened WeChat.
The dormitory group chat was flooded with messages again: the teachers' daily routine, someone had found bugs in the dorm and was borrowing insecticide from the dorm supervisor. Jin Zhao absentmindedly thought that she should have borrowed insecticide earlier; she wouldn't have had to chase the spider for so long and then have Meng Yanxi catch it, making her seem useless. But in that situation, it didn't seem right for her to suddenly run out to borrow insecticide.
"I've already contacted the taxi driver, and I've asked Zhuang Yu to drive over and pick it up now." As Meng Yanxi spoke, she typed a few words on her phone with her long fingers.
Jin Zhao exclaimed in surprise: "So fast?"
"Yes, I had them check the security camera footage at the entrance."
This process must be quite complicated. First, you have to find out which taxi she took from among all the cars passing by the entrance, then contact the taxi company, and they might not be willing to provide the driver's contact information. There will still be room for negotiation. He just succinctly described it as if it were very easy.
Meng Yanxi put her phone back in her pocket, paused for a moment, and said, "I'll bring it to you tomorrow."
Jin Zhao subconsciously fears troubling others. Thinking about how much she has already troubled him, she was about to blurt out that she didn't need it. But then she remembered the "wood" character that Meng Yanxi had saved for her and suddenly realized that perhaps Meng Yanxi didn't like her being so polite to him.
She swallowed back the words of refusal that were about to come out, and nodded gently, saying, "Okay."
Meng Yanxi: "Then I'll be going now."
Jin Zhao said, "Okay."
Meng Yanxi glanced at her again, then turned and walked towards the entrance.
My hand touched the doorknob.
"Meng Yanxi," Jin Zhao suddenly called out to him.
He stopped and turned around.
The next moment, a sweet scent wafted into my arms, like the delicate sweet fragrance of gardenias in early spring.
Meng Yanxi leaned against the door, making a soft knocking sound.
The man had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, with slender yet powerful muscles. Jin Zhao, both restrained and out of control, hugged his waist, stood on tiptoe, and tilted her head back to kiss his lips.
A very light, shallow kiss, which lingered... for an unknown amount of time.
Meng Yanxi completely lost her ability to calculate, her dark eyes staring straight at her, whether with excitement or surprise, it was hard to tell.
He watched as her fair cheeks turned pink, even her beautiful under-eye bags became pink, and her eyes were full of tears. She looked up at him, her voice trembling, yet filled with an unbridled passion.
She murmured, "And now? Still numb?"
If her eyes were timid yet passionate, then Meng Yanxi's gaze towards her was one of restrained urge to devour her.
His voice was hoarse and low: "A little better, but not much."
Jin Zhao was taken aback and asked in a low voice, "How can it be so many?"
The veins on the back of the man's hand bulged even deeper. In the next instant, he lost all restraint, gripped her waist tightly, and forcefully pulled her into his arms.
The kiss was passionate and irresistible; once it landed, they could never be separated again.
"so."
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Author's Note: I've heard that the rule in the world of Taoism is that if you confirm a relationship, there has to be a kiss in the next chapter. Here we go, hahaha!
I attended classes all day yesterday, and then fell asleep on the spot when I got back. I got up at 3 a.m. to write this, and now I'm posting it. I'm going to work 8 a.m. - working two jobs a day - August glutinous rice ball.
I'm giving away 50 red envelopes in this chapter, thank you all for waiting!
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